Friday, December 30, 2005

How to play (-worma)

Sorry, couldn't resist that one....but the story is that Fleming is going to miss the first ODI against SL, and his replacement in the starting XI can be Jamie How, despite Astle being recalled as cover (after being dropped from the original squad). Could foresee many such 'entertaining' headlines in coming times ('how to bat', 'how to open', 'Vaas bowled well, and how' as samples?)

And NewZealand, as many of us would recall, chased down 331 against Australia in their last ODI. Although this is a significantly different squad with Fleming, Astle, McMillan and Adams missing from the team due to various reasons. Still their recent good show against Aus coupled with SL's poor record overseas can mean a very tough challenge ahead for SL.